Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wants to catch fish, he makes awa' for Iceland." In fact, the Prince of Wales did better than most other anglers this year when he landed one salmon in only five days of fishing. On average, fishermen have had to spend 18 days in their waterproof wading gear this year before catching a single salmon...
...late. The men rushed forward and arrested him. The charge: conspiring to export advanced electronic defense gear illegally. Inside two Samsonite suitcases that Kessler had checked, agents found more than $200,000 worth of radar and communications testing equipment made by Hughes Aircraft Corp. Last week Kessler and two accused accomplices went on trial in Los Angeles. Kessler, wearing a rumpled suit this time, was handcuffed as he entered the federal courtroom. He and Dierk Hagemann of West Germany and Robert Lambert, a California export consultant, sat silently while their lawyers questioned prospective jurors. The products confiscated at the airport...
...really very simple," Watt says of his really very complex duties as manager of the Government's 1.5 billion acres of land and water. "America must have abundant energy if we are to secure our freedom and liberty and create jobs." For Watt, that means a rather sudden, gear-grinding tilt toward private exploitation of Government-owned natural resources, toward drilling and mining and away from a supposedly too scrupulous preservation of nature...
...giant theme park in California called Walley World. Brinkley plays a blond in a red Ferrari who continually pops up along the route. The part is undoubtedly one that Meryl Streep would pass up, but "when it comes to acting," says Christie, "I'm still in first gear." So she considers the role a good start, especially for a struggling, up-and-coming actress with an outside income of around $2 million a year...
...rule in question, issued in 1977 by the NHTSA under the Carter Administration, required the installation of automatic crash-protection gear starting with large-and medium-size automobiles as of this autumn. Not long after Ronald Reagan took office, NHTSA Administrator Raymond Peck postponed that deadline for a year, claiming that the Government needed more time to study the regulation. In addition, the agency was concerned about the auto industry's deepening financial troubles and was eager to help give automakers at least some relief from the added design and manufacturing costs that would have resulted from installing...